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Guitar Pedals

Gamechanger Audio Plus Pedal Sustain Stompbox

The Gamechanger Audio Plus Pedal is one of those devices that do one thing no other device does, and do it well. As its shape might suggest, it offers piano-style sustain not just for guitar, but for all instruments, through a clever automatic looping algorithm. Check out the videos below. More…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Plus Pedal Sustain Stompbox

Harley Benton Custom Line Thunder 99 50W Stereo Amp

Those of you looking for a compact, stereo (!!) pedal that can replace your amp head (!!!) should take a look at the Harley Benton Custom Line Thunder 99. This tiny thing delivers not one but two channels of 50 Watts of power at 4 Ohms via two 1/4” jack…Click on the title for more

Harley Benton Custom Line Thunder 99 50W Stereo Amp

Cooper FX Signal Path Selector & Exp Gen

If the word "utility" used next to the word "pedal" doesn't exactly fire your imagination, we'd argue that you need to broaden your sonic horizons. In recent years, the utility pedal niche has expanded to include some truly interesting devices, and no one can expect an imaginative builder like Cooper…Click on the title for more

Cooper FX Signal Path Selector & Exp Gen

Mooer E7 Polyphonic Synth Micro Pedal

Since we posted this article about the best synth pedals a few weeks ago, we've had a series of releases of new products belonging to that category, and today's announcement by Chinese manufacturer MOOER represents some sort of turning point because their new E7 synth pedal is the first stompbox…Click on the title for more

Mooer E7 Polyphonic Synth Micro Pedal

API Audio TranZformer CMP Compressor

It's not unusual to find the words "studio-quality" associated with guitar pedals like reverbs or compressors. However, very few pedal builders have much experience building gear that's actually made for the studio. That's not the case for API Audio, a pro audio company that specializes in mixing consoles and channel…Click on the title for more

API Audio TranZformer CMP Compressor

Victory The Kraken V4 Preamp Pedal

Those in need of a helluva portable, two-channel tube preamp for heavy tones might have found what they were looking for in the Victory Amplification The Kraken V4, a device developed in collaboration with UK's one and only Rabea Massaad and created with heavy, progressive and extended-range overdrive tones in…Click on the title for more

Victory The Kraken V4 Preamp Pedal

New Pedal: Acorn Amplifiers TMA-1 Fuzz

Operating out of Atlanta, Georgia, Acorn Amplifiers crafts hand-made amps and pedals. The TMA-1 is, to date, their most involved foray into the world of fuzz, a four-stage transistor circuit that, quite uniquely, lets you select the clipping options for two of those stages (precisely, the second and third). The…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Acorn Amplifiers TMA-1 Fuzz

New Pedal: REVV G8 Noise Gate Pedal

Canadian amp and pedal builder REVV just released their first non-gain pedal, although it definitely works to solve problems created by a high gain: the G8 noise gate. This is an extremely straightforward yet versatile three-knob circuit with Threshold, Hold and Release, where the Hold control fine-tunes the feel, ensuring…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: REVV G8 Noise Gate Pedal

Free the Tone Ambi Space AS-1R Stereo Digital Reverb

The digital domain has in recent years conquered the reverb realm thanks to increasingly powerful/portable CPUs. The Free the Tone Ambi Space AS-1R Digital Reverb is a noteworthy contender in this niche. By using FTT’s original algorithm, the AMBI SPACE combines various elements to achieve a mechanism for producing complex reverberation, through…Click on the title for more

Free the Tone Ambi Space AS-1R Stereo Digital Reverb

SolidGoldFX Supa Funk Envelope Bi-Filter

Montreal is not known for producing great funk bands, but it may be known for producing great funk pedals, since its most prominent stompbox builder SolidGoldFx just unveiled a device that facilitates the creation of funk guitar tones, appropriately called Supa Funk. A fully analog, dual, automatic Envelope Filter (or…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX Supa Funk Envelope Bi-Filter

Dirty Haggard Beast Mountain Hi Gain Overdrive / Distortion

Beast Mountain by Portland-based Dirty Haggard is at once a band (in which the company's one-man-dude Nick plays bass) and a colorful, three-knob high-gain pedal. Built with hard rock and metal guitarists in mind, the Beast Mountain offers symmetrical and asymmetrical soft clipping with a tight low end that works…Click on the title for more

Dirty Haggard Beast Mountain Hi Gain Overdrive / Distortion

Blue Colander Tremond Distortion

Blue Colander is a one-dude Polish pedal maker that builds hand-made dirt boxes. The Tremond is the guy's take on the RAT-style distortion, expanded. The control that makes this pedal stand apart from your classic RAT clone is the Blend knob, which, doesn't do what you expect. In fact, instead of mixing…Click on the title for more

Blue Colander Tremond Distortion